Hemeya Tanjy

Hemeya Tanjy (born May 1, 1998) is a Mauritanian footballer who plays as a forward for Tidjikja and the Mauritania national team.[1]

Hemeya Tanjy
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-05-01) 1 May 1998
Place of birth Mauritania
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Tidjikja
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017– Tidjikja
National team‡
2016 Mauritania U20 2 (2)
2018– Mauritania U23 0 (0)
2018– Mauritania 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1:49, 1 May 2016 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5:55, 18 June 2018 (UTC)

International career

Tanjy played for the national under-20 team during the 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations qualifiers in the summer of 2016, scoring twice in two matches.[2][3]

In May 2018, he was named to the 22-man squad selected to play at the 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations qualifiers.[4]

He received a callup up to the senior national team in January 2018 ahead of the 2018 African Nations Championship.[5] He made his senior international debut during the first group stage match against Morocco on 13 January, replacing Moussa Samba in the 77th minute of an eventual 4–0 defeat.[6] Mauritania was eliminated in the group stage.

He was called up yet again for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt.[7]

International statistics
As of match played 13 September 2018.[1]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Mauritania 201840
Total40

References
  1. Hemeya Tanjy at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. "Mauritania 2–0 Algeria". cafonline.com. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  3. "Mali 4–1 Mauritania". cafonline.com. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  4. "Les « Mourabitounes U-23 en stage à Tunis pour préparer les éliminatoires de la CAN 2019" (in French). saharamedias.net. 31 May 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  5. "CHAN 2018: LES 23 DE LA MAURITANIE" (in French). Africa Top Sports. 10 January 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  6. "Morocco 4–0 Mauritania".
  7. Ismail, Ali (22 May 2019). "Mauritania reveal squad ahead of AFCON". KingFut. Retrieved 16 June 2019.


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